Mechanical toy.



I. N. WEBER.

. MECHANICAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13,1918.

Patented Sept. 3,1918

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ISAAC NEWTON WEBER, or Nnw ,Yonx, N. Y.

MECHANICAL T Y.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that LISAAG' N. WEBER, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New,

York, have invented a new and Improved Mechanical Toy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I This invention relates to amusement devices, and has particular reference to certain details of construction and advantages hereinafter more fully set forth.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a toy or amusement device calculated to afford unusual attractiveness because of itspatriotic aspects,'the apparatus including a movable figure that may repre sent in caricature a popular, but much hated, alien enemy,jsaidf figure being so poised in the apparatus as to be s'truek and knocked over by anotherfeature of the apparatus ,or projectile in the nature of an alliedsoldier.

One of theobjects of thetoy or game is for children playing and enjoying the device to assume that the soldier is being causedxto advance toward the enemy by suitable progressive stages, culminating in the ultimate defeat of the enemy and the capture ofhis stronghold. 1

- With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested here- 1 in,still for the purposeof illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the SEL111 1PtTl3S in theseveralviews andin which Figure-1 is' a front elevation of the game apparatus or toy in normal position.

. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of thesame on the line 22, dotted lines indicat-;

ing changed positions of the movable parts. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the main upper portion of the device in the same position as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view corresponding to Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional detail on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Septg, 1918.

Application'fiie'd July 13,1918. 7 Serial No.'24{1,79s. r 0

rig. 61s a detail-view. e1 '7. pea of the apparatus.

Referring now more specificallyto the I mechanism as an embodi'm'entof asuitable:

construction, 10 represents a vertical standard or upright; attached to a base 11, and belng printed or otherwise provided on'its face with suitable graduation marks or the' llke to *in'dlcate various stages in 'the as- 14 indicatesja, projectile that preferably is intended'to represent a soldier carrying a gun pointed toward the enemy- This p1'o-;,

jectile or figure isguided along the rod '12 and is held thereby fromv lateral displacement or loss, butis; free to slide upand down the same. The normal position of thisprojectile is at the bottom of the" guide rod. as indicated in;Figs..l and 2fand resting upon'theend of -a lever 15 journaled at 16 on thebase. A plunger 17 rests u on the shorterv arm 15 of the lever, and w en the plunger-is struck by a mallet "1,7," or. the like the projectile or figure 14' will begivena sharp upwardimpulse along theguide rod 12,1thedistance in which the figure will movebeing dependent upon the accuracy of the blow of the mallet upon the plunger and the accompanying force thereof The enemy is c haracterized by-aj figure 18 supported upon a block l'Q mount'ed' on a horizontal axis 20 at the upper endiqof the standard." In; the normal position the figure is supported 'in; a 1 substantially verticalplane just in front of the plane of the stand- "ard 10, and hence in frontof the axisoflthe -pivots20. The figure 18, however, or some part associated therewith is positioned normally in the path of the upwardly movable projectile 14 and when the projectile is driven upward with sufiicient force, impinging against the figure 18 or some other part associated therewith, said figure will be caused to top le rearward and swing down around the axis 20 and so the child may say that the enemy is killed. Obviously the figure may be restored to normal position by any suitable means as by grasping it for a subsequent playing of the game,

Added interest and" amusement in the apparatus are afi'orded by the provision of a sounding device such as a gong orbell 21 shown as being secured to or against the rear face of the figure 18. This bell may be variously located and adapted to be struck or caused to sound by any suitable means either directly or indirectly as a'result of the movement of the projectile. As shown herein, however, the block 19. is recessed at 19. and into or through which the lower edge of the bell projects so as to be struck directly by the upper end of the projectile. The force of the blow serves immediately to ring the bell and if sufiiciently strong will result'in the killing of the figure. It will thus be seen that dilferent children playingthe game may experience difi'erent results, for example the bell may be caused to ring without unseating the enemy, whereas a stronger and better directed blow'may cause the enemy figure to be toppled over. In any event irrespective of the height to which the projectile is thrown it will always return to the normal position shown in Fig. 2 ready for a subsequent blow on the plunger.

Still another important feature of interest resides in the representation of the national lies across the colors at 22, the same being supported upon a stafi 23 pivoted at QhbHQk of the standard 10 and near one edge thereof. Connected to the staff 23 is an; extension or arm25which path of a cam 26 attached to theblock 19'. When the figure 18 is unseated and the block swings'rearward and downward the extension or cam 26 wiping against the arm 25 will cause the flag 22 to swing outward and upward and be dis- Copies of this patent may be o btained for played, representing conclusively the 'com-' plete capture and possession of the enemys stronghold, When the enemy figure, however, is returned to normal position the flag willswing downward automatically back of the standard. The cam member during the actuation of the flag" may operate in or through a slot 26f formed in the upper end of the standard. V

Iclainln' v 1; In a device oftheclass set forth, the combination with a vertical standard, a

guide member thereon, a projectile guide on V and movable along said guide member, and

upward along the standard, means to project the projectile, a figure movably connected to the upper end of the standard and located normally in the path of the projectile so as to be struck and moved rearward and down ward thereby, and a sounding device caused to be sounded coincidentally with the operation of the projectile.

3. In a mechanical toy, the combination of a standard, a movable figure connected to the upper end of the standard, a bell fixed to the movablefigure, a projectile movable along the standard, and means to project the projectile upward toward the figure, the bell being so arranged as to be struck directly by the projectile so that the force of the projectile may not only ring the bell but cause the movement of the figure.

4. In a mechanical toy, the combination of an upright standard, a movable figure connected to the upper end thereof, a pro jectile movable along the standard, means vto project the projectile to cause the movement of the figure, and an emblem normally connected to the rear of the standard but so positioned as to be moved intodirect view by actuation of the movable figure as it is swung from normal position as a result of the impact of the projectile.

5. Ina mechanical toy, the combination of an upright standard, an emblem having a staff pivoted to the rear face of the standard, said s'tafl having an extension, a movf ISAAC NEWTON WEBER.

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